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- 1From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 79, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedAfrican-Americans living in an industrialized US city are more than twice as likely to develop Alzheimer disease and other dementias than are Africans living in Nigeria, according to a study published in the 14 February...
- 2From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 79, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedProgress in international health will require further research involving human subjects, and this may often take place in developing countries. In recent years, human experimentation has been dogged by controversy....
- 3From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 79, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedObjective To devise a flowchart suitable for assessing risk of trichomoniasis, chlamydia and gonorrhoea in an adolescent population, not all of whom will be sexually experienced or currently in a relationship....
- 4From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 79, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed
Ethical principles for the guidance of physicians in medical research -- the Declaration of Helsinki
Advances in medicine depend on innovative and bold clinical research. Much of the progress we have seen in the effectiveness and safety of disease treatment, diagnosis and prevention is the result of intensive research... - 5From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 79, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedObjective To document resources for controlling tuberculosis (TB) in Malawi. Methods We performed a countrywide study of all 43 hospitals (3 central, 22 district and 18 mission) which register and treat patients with...
- 6From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 79, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedWhether it is drinks or drugs -- getting high seems to be increasingly popular among European teenagers. In most European countries, today's 16-year-olds consume more alcohol, cannabis and other drugs than ever. And...
- 7From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 79, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThe United States' health care system fails to deliver consistent, high-quality health care to its citizens, and without a major overhaul the problem will continue, according to a new report from the Institute of...
- 8From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 79, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedEditor -- Nelson Mandela's call for unity at the XIIIth International AIDS Conference (1) highlighted the need for all countries to combine their efforts in the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic, particularly in the...
- 9From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 79, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedObjective To examine whether a family history of high-risk groups for major noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) was a significant risk factor for these conditions among family members in a study population in the Gambia,...
- 10From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 79, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedMarch brought bad news for the HIV virus, but good news for HIV/AIDS patients, particularly those in poor countries. In the second week of the month, Merck and Co., a leading US pharmaceutical manufacturer, announced it...
- 11From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 79, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedObjective To evaluate the safety of the intradermat Copenhagen BCG vaccine in neonates at different levels of delivery and neonatal units of the Durban Functional Region and surrounding regions. Methods A prospective...
- 12From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 79, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedObjective This study was undertaken to assess the ability of a water container with a cover and a spout to prevent household contamination of water in a Malawian refugee camp. Methods A randomized trial was conducted...
- 13From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 79, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThe potential for trade in health services has expanded rapidly in recent decades. More efficient communication systems have helped to reduce distance-related barriers to trade; rising incomes and enhanced information...
- 14From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 79, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedObjective To assess the impact of the National Immunization Days (NIDs) on measles vaccine coverage in Burkina Faso in 1998. Methods During the week after the campaign, in which measles vaccine was offered to...
- 15From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 79, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedEpilepsy is the most common serious neurological disorder and is one of the world's most prevalent noncommunicable diseases. As the understanding of its physical and social burden has increased it has moved higher up...
- 16From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 79, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedObjective To investigate whether environmental contamination occurred in the wake of hurricane Mitch (30-31 October 1998), we conducted a population-based cross-sectional household survey in the barrio of Istoca,...
- 17From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 79, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedHUMAN experimentation since World War II has created some difficult problems with the increasing employment of patients as-experimental subjects when it must be apparent that they would not have been available if they...
- 18From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 79, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedObjective To report the epidemiological trends of leprosy in China from 1949 to 1998. Method Data for the study were obtained from the computerized database of the National System of Leprosy Surveillance. Findings...
- 19From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 79, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedEthical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Adopted by the 18th WMA General Assembly, Helsinki, Finland, June 1964; amended by the 29th WMA General Assembly, Tokyo, Japan, October 1975; 35th WMA...
- 20From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 79, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedObjective To improve the use and dosage of antibiotics prescribed at Commune Health Stations in Viet Nam, and in so doing find out whether antibiotic dosage can be easily and reliably measured as a drug-use indicator....